Chris Lytle‘s $50,000 Submission of the Night bonus at UFC 110 represented his seventh UFC performance bonus in his last eight fights, which made us wonder: Does that make him the #1 bonus-collector on the UFC’s roster? And who else is in the running? So, with the help of the UG and Wikipedia, we compiled a ranking of the UFC’s top performance bonus leaders, based on available information. When possible, we added up the grand totals of the fighters’ pay-bumps, though the amounts of these bonuses weren’t consistently reported before UFC 70.

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mma samurai- March 2, 2010 at 2:22 am

Kinda makes you feel bad for Jason McDonald considering he made the list and I always found him to be a scrappy and entertaining fighter and he still got his walking papers

SuckMyShinya- March 1, 2010 at 9:51 pm

Chris Lytle fought and beat someone named "Beaver Beaver" in 2000?!?!
He must have really kicked his ass cuz Beaver never fought again...

lionel61- March 1, 2010 at 9:22 pm

They ought to change his name to Chris "Lights On" Lytle!

Son's gettin' the bills paid!

Dan0- March 1, 2010 at 3:53 pm

Anderson is the only Champion mentioned with bonuses?

Get Off Me- March 1, 2010 at 2:22 pm

Wow Nate Diaz is getting some props..... Not usually the case on CP.
Chris Lytle is a great fighter and why this guy ends up on the undercard is beyond me, same thing with Alan Belcher......

Patrick- March 1, 2010 at 11:59 am

Not to mention Lytle holds down a full time job as a firefighter.
Dude's a beast. One of my favorite fighters of all time.

skeletor- March 1, 2010 at 10:15 am

Lytle is exciting as hell. The first fight I even became aware of him was when he fought Lawler. If they were giving bonuses then I garuntee you that was the fight of the night. It's still one of the most action packed fights to go down in the UFC.

ben- March 1, 2010 at 9:23 am

@mma_analysis:Could you post a source on that?

mma_analysis- March 1, 2010 at 9:07 am

Tyson Griffin has 6. SOTN at UFC 63.

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rlh61- March 1, 2010 at 8:14 am

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Ben>> Actually, yeah, i managed to skim over that part. So i guess this Lytle guy is pretty impressive after all.

But seriously people, sixteen fights. Was i the only one who did not realize how long he's been throwing down like this?

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Zyz Zyx- March 1, 2010 at 7:46 am

Almost forgot Joe Stevenson with 3 FOTN's. UFC 95 and 110 as well as TUF 9 Finale.

ben- March 1, 2010 at 7:44 am

@honkey_kong: You're thinking of Nick.@ReX13: Did you miss the part about Lytle getting all those bonuses in his last 8 fights? Sure, the average goes down when you take into account all of his fights, but information about end-of-night bonuses wasn't always released before April 2007, so he could have even more.

Zyz Zyx- March 1, 2010 at 7:43 am

Lylte won his bonuses on UFC 73, 78, 81, 89, 93, and 110 as well Ultimate Finale 9. Very impressive considering he wasn't getting his bonuses mainly on Fight Nights. The dude's a beast who is going to become a cripple for our entertainment.

Hey Ben! Would it be possible to put the events with which the bonuses correspond?

honkey_kong- March 1, 2010 at 7:13 am

ya I was really impressed with Diaz being on this list and not even fighting in the UFC anymore.

ben- March 1, 2010 at 7:03 am

@Ryan_Johnson:Thanks for the heads-up, I just added him and Dustin Hazelett (2 SOTN, one FOTN)

ReX13- March 1, 2010 at 7:00 am

Sure, Lytle has racked up the bonuses, but he's had 16 fights for the UFC. No, seriously, i didn't realize it was that many either. Go look it up; i'll wait.

Told you.

More impressive, to me at least, are those who are piling up the bonuses in fewer matchups. Diaz and Tyson Griffin have both scored bonuses in more than half of their matchups--nine fights apiece and five bonuses. But Lauzon takes the cake: in just seven fights, he's earned five bonuses. Nice going, sir. I guess i'll have to pay more attention to J-Lau now, huh?